Data conversion

Ben Boulanger ben at blackavar.com
Wed Jan 8 09:05:14 EST 2003


On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 08:57, Travis Roy wrote:
> I'm looking to convert something from Excel to CSV and then from CSV to
> fixed with or "Standard Data Format" as dBase calls it.. Example:
> 
> FirstN     LastN      EMail
> Travis     Roy        travis at scootz.net
> Joe        Bob        joe at bob.com

I've had considerable success using the Perl SpreadSheet Modules, on
CPAN:
Spreadsheet JMCNAMARA Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz  394k  21 Dec
2002
Spreadsheet KWITKNR   Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz  90k  16 Jul
2002

If you'd like some example code, I can try to dig it up.

Ben





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